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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday visited earthquake-ravaged northwest Syria, becoming the first senior UN official to enter the region since war erupted in the country 12 years ago this month. “I have rarely been so…

The former President of the Romanian Republic, Mr. Emil Constantinescu, and the head of the ‘Middle East’ Organization for Academic Studies in Europe, received theduputy of the Supreme Religious Authority Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadi al-Husseini al-Shirazi, Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Sheikh…

A US State Department report has warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) aims to push the government of Pakistan out of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and establish Sharia by waging a terrorist campaign against the military and state, Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper reported.…

Refugees are reportedly dying in Pakistani prisons, and children are being arrested and tied together with ropes, as a wave of detentions and deportations spreads fearamong the hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have crossed the border since the Taliban…

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews made an urgent appeal to Member States today to reverse “the shameful, catastrophic cuts” to food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh that began to be…

Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh on Friday asserted that students wearing hijab will not be allowed inside the examination, with the examinations are set to begin from March 9 in the state. Speaking to reporters he maintained that it has…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday asked all nations to work harder towards abolishing the death penalty, an ongoing practice in 79 countries. Volker Türk said this is ultimately about the United Nations Charter’s promise of the…

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell yesterday concluded a two-day visit to Turkey, where she met with children and families affected by the powerful earthquakes that hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria earlier this month. Russl said that: “Across earthquake-affected areas…

A new report released by France 24 has found that many foreign domestic workers in Saudi Arabia are forced to work in terrible conditions, often with abusive employers. However, they are trapped because of a system that ties their working…

The technical employees of the Maintenance Department, affiliated to Imam Hussein Holy Shrine, installed partitions in the holy courtyard as part of the plans laid ahead of the Massive Mid-Sha’ban Pilgrimage. In a statement of the Media Department received by…